3 Things HR Must Do to Build Gentelligence
Is a multigenerational workforce an opportunity or a threat? It might be up to HR. Research is clear on this: it depends on how that age diversity is managed and…
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What Happens When We Shame & Judge a Generation For Growing Up in a Completely Different Time?
Last week, the Wall Street Journal published a provocative opinion essay entitled What Happens When a Whole Generation Never Grows…
Reframe: Say This, Not That When Navigating Generational Differences @ Work
You know I am on a quest to change how we see generational differences at work. The argument for why…
Thank You, Next…We’ll Wait for the Next Generation Instead
I have bad news. Based on all the clickbait headlines clogging up my newsfeed lately, the narrative we are now…
Who You Gonna Call? Crossing the Streams of Gen Z and the Boomers at Work
Someone Check on Newsweek. Allow me to present these headlines from the last six months: What in the world is…
Building Healthy Generational Workplaces
Here’s the most practical generational expertise I can offer: if you want collaboration and learning across generations, you must build…
Tools for Intergenerational Communication: Welcome to the 3rd Conversation
Need a practical way to improve your generational communication in the workplace? Let me introduce one of my favorite…
I Love You, Period.
Passive aggressive, or just correct grammar? BREAKING NEWS Never before has my role as generational translator been as important as…
How the Wizard of Oz Can Help Us Lead Gen Z
“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!” Many of us in older generations will recognize this sentiment, not…
Gen X Trifecta: 3 Key Cultural Touchstones
(This image was generated by AI Playground when it was asked to create a picture of “Gen X…
How Many Gen Zs Does it Take to Dial a Rotary Phone? I found out.
How many Gen Zs does it take to dial a rotary phone? This was the question last weekend when my…
Why Generations Matter, But Not in the Way We Keep Pretending They Do: It’s Not a Magic Decoder Ring.
Generation has become a polarizing word. But generations matter. I know this because it’s what I do. I work with…
We Don’t Need No Education: How the Boomers Can Pass On What They’ve Learned
As retirement approaches, many older employees may feel that their knowledge and insights are not valued by younger generations. However,…
Leaders Think Gen Z Doesn’t Want to Work. Here’s Why They Are Wrong
The Headline Everyone Is Tired Of Reading: Gen Z Doesn’t Want To Work In late January, the headline “Davos attendees…
Age-Based Microaggressions: The One Phrase You Need to Squash Them
Have you ever thought about age-based microaggressions? Microaggression | mi·cro·ag·gres·sion /ˈmīkrōəˌɡreSHən/ noun a statement, action, or incident regarded as an…
Here’s to the Cuspers: Born Between Generations
Twice this week I’ve been asked about the cuspers: those born at the very beginning or very end of a…
Quiet Quitting is Not the Problem For Gen Z and Work
This is Gen Z & Quiet Quitting Is Not The Problem Gen Z (or the Zoomers, as I still vehemently…
The Hotmail Generation: What could your email address say about your age?
Several months ago, I received a call from a leader who wanted to invite me to speak to his organization.…
Pete Buttigieg, Pilots, and the Continuing Myth of the Zero-Sum Age Game
In case I wasn’t clear the first time, I am not in favor of raising the mandatory retirement age for…
How The Princess Bride Can Help With Your Generational Return-to-Office Strategies
Something interesting is happening. With the momentum of our Harvard Business Review article that came out in March, and the…
Harnessing Age Diversity Training: Introducing Gentelligence Academy
We’re taking major strides towards making age diversity training the norm in 2022! I am so honored to share that…
Successful Teams Need These 3 Things
Here’s a secret: left to their own devices, intergenerational teams will not naturally become successful teams. Research backs this up:…
Resisting Assumptions: What’s a Landline?
I have to tell you a story regarding generational assumptions. Recently I received a voicemail from my friend Ty, a…
About Generational Categories -What Everyone is Getting Wrong
Every few years, new thought pieces emerge claiming that getting rid of generational categories is the solution to ending harmful…
Generational Differences: 5 Questions You Should be Asking Right Now
Greetings! My blog has been quiet lately, but conversations about generational differences have been popping up all over the world! …
Gentelligence is Everywhere These Days: Can you see it?
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” -Thoreau I’ve barely been able to keep up…
Gentelligence: About “Those Millennials”…
Happy New Year! 2021 is the Year of Gentelligence. The book is coming out in June. and I’m dedicating this…
Getting Published: What It’s Really Like to Write a Book (Part IV)
Gentelligence is Getting Published. It’s not published yet, but I’ve seen the proofs and we are in the midst of…
Must-Know Advice on Creating Your Book Proposal: What It’s Really Like to Write a Book (Part III)
I know, I just left you hanging. Right in the middle of finding an agent. That was horrible of me.…
The Agent & The Query: What It’s Really Like to Write a Book (Part II)
As the infamous Kenny Rogers once said, “You gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em, know…
What It’s Really Like to Write a Book (Part I)
Megan Gerhardt shares how she began writing the book Gentelligence: The Revolutionary Approach to Leading an Intergenerational Workforce.
The Gentelligence Cover Reveal: Judging a Book by Its Cover
It’s been a long time coming. For those of you who have been following along, we received a publishing offer…